Royal Navy fighter jets: government announces U-turn - video

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Defence secretary Philip Hammond confirms in a Commons statement that the Ministry of Defence will abandon plans to buy its preferred fighter for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers. Escalating costs and delivery delays mean the coalition government will revert to Labour's original plans to buy the jump-jet model